Industrial / Manufacturing Rankings
Industrial / manufacturing engineering involves improved productivity and efficiency. These are the top undergraduate schools where the highest degree offered is a doctorate.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $9,652 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,862 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 13,750
- Setting:
- urban
Atlanta, GA
Founded in 1885, Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution. Georgia Institute of Technology follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered most selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $12,590 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $37,265 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 27,027
- Setting:
- urban
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor is a public institution that was founded in 1817. The school has 47.8 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at University of Michigan--Ann Arbor is 15:1.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $11,767 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $34,645 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 25,540
- Setting:
- urban
Berkeley, CA
The University of California—Berkeley overlooks the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, Calif. Students at this public school have more than 700 organizations to get involved in, including more than 55 fraternity and sorority chapters.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $15,984 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $28,066 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 38,594
- Setting:
- urban
University Park, PA
A public institution, Pennsylvania State University--University Park was founded in 1855. Pennsylvania State University--University Park offers a Greek system, where 11.0 percent of the student body is involved in a sorority and 13.0 percent is involved in a fraternity.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $9,478 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,646 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 30,836
- Setting:
- urban
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University--West Lafayette has a total undergraduate enrollment of 30,836, with a gender distribution of 57.6 percent male students and 42.4 percent female students. 38.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 62.0 percent of students live off campus.
- Tuition and fees:
- $40,569 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 6,940
- Setting:
- suburban
Stanford, CA
The sunny campus of Stanford University is located in California’s Bay Area, about 30 miles from San Francisco. The private institution stresses a multidisciplinary combination of teaching, learning, and research, and students have many opportunities to get involved in research projects.
- Tuition and fees:
- $41,983 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 8,443
- Setting:
- suburban
Evanston, IL
Northwestern University is a private school in Evanston, Ill., about 30 minutes outside of Chicago. Undergraduate students have more than 70 options for majors or can design their own non-traditional degree program.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $8,387 (2010-11)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $22,817 (2010-11)
- Enrollment:
- 39,148
- Setting:
- urban
College Station, TX
Texas A&M University--College Station was established in 1876 as a public institution. Texas A&M University--College Station follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $11,100 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $24,560 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 23,690
- Setting:
- rural
Blacksburg, VA
A public institution, Virginia Tech was founded in 1872. Virginia Tech offers a Greek system, where 19.0 percent of the student body is involved in a sorority and 11.0 percent is involved in a fraternity.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $7,018 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $19,853 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 25,246
- Setting:
- urban
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University, known as NC State for short, is the largest four-year college in the state. Students have more than 100 degree programs and more than 400 clubs and organizations to choose from.
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